Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tohwa University, 1-1-1 Chikushigaoka, Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-8510, Japan. keiko@tohwa-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
The reduction of carbonyl compounds 1a-h using Ni-Al alloy in water under reflux proceeded to give the corresponding methylene compounds 2a-h within 2 h in 89.0-99.8% relative yields.